Luna programme
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The Luna programme, sometimes called Lunik by western media, was a series of robotic spacecraft missions sent to the Moon by the Soviet Union between 1959 and 1976. The programme accomplished many fir
Luna 1 impactor
Luna 3 flyby spacecraft model
Luna 9 lander model
Luna 10 orbiter model
Luna 15
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Luna 15 was a robotic space mission of the Soviet Luna programme that was in lunar orbit at the same time as the Apollo 11 spacecraft.
Luna programme
…and Luna 24 (August 1976), returned samples of lunar soil to Earth. A total of 301 g (10.6 oz) of soil sample was returned from the three missions. Luna 15 (July 1969) flew at the same time as the Apollo 11 mission. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had already performed the first crewed lunar landing when…
Soviet postage stamp depicting the Luna 16 spacecraft, similar to Luna 15